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United States Patent | 5,719,334 |
Parsons | February 17, 1998 |
A hermetically protected electronic assembly that has (a) a housing having walls defining a shallow impervious cavity with a depth no greater than 6-12 mm and with an cavity bottom surface; (b) conductor pins extending through integrally said housing walls and along the cavity bottom surface; (c) an insulating supporting platform resting on the cavity bottom surface with ends of the conductor pins extending therethrough to secure the position of the platform, the platform carrying an electrical circuit integrated to at least the top surface of the platform and connected to the conductor pins; (d) at least one electronic sensor component supported in the housing by the platform and operatively secured to the circuit; and (e) a water-proofing silicon gel filling the entire space within the housing including surrounding the circuit, platform, sensor and pin connections therein.
Inventors: | Parsons; Mark A. (Rochester, MI) |
Assignee: | Ford Motor Company (Dearborn, MI) |
Appl. No.: | 678263 |
Filed: | July 11, 1996 |
Current U.S. Class: | 73/514.01; 73/514.32 |
Intern'l Class: | G01P 015/00 |
Field of Search: | 73/514.12,514.32,522,514.01 361/280,732 174/52.2,52.3,50.52 437/219 |
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